May 2018 shows

May 3rd: The “Whole Child” Educational Approach
How do you meet the educational needs of the “whole child” beyond what you see in the classroom alone? Dr. Rebecca London discusses an ambitious new initiative she’s a part of in the Bay Area called the Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust. This research project seeks to build a database in which school and social service partners work together to meet the needs of the whole child. Dr. London is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department and Faculty Director of the Student Success Evaluation and Research Center at UCSC. Her research focuses on understanding the challenges faced by disadvantaged children and youth and the ways that communities and community organizations support young people to be healthy and successful.


May 10th
: **KZSC PLEDGE DRIVE** Re-air of interview with Dr. Patricia de Santana Pinho about the political crisis in Brazil. Original air date of Feb. 1, 2018.

May 17th: No show this week > Tune in next Thursday.

May 24th: The Politics of Visibility & Undocumented Status

How does the self-representation of undocumented migrants become reflected in documentary film and video? Dr. Rebecca M. Schreiber, Associate Professor in the American Studies Department at University of New Mexico discusses her new book titled The Undocumented Everyday: Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility (2018, University of Minnesota Press). She explains how Mexican and Central American migrants have depicted themselves and members of their communities since 9/11 through documentary photography, film, video, and audio projects.


May 31st: US Immigration Politics and Central America

An interview with writer and journalist Roberto Lovato about the current state of immigration policies and his ties to Central America. His work popularized the term “Juan Crow”, a reference to a system of surveillance and control of immigrants to the US that resonates with Jim Crow segregation laws. Affiliated with the San Francisco’s Writers’ Grotto, Lovato recently completed a 3-year commitment as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latino Policy Research.